Environmental protection ink development trend

[ppzhan] Ink as a huge cost item in printing, its price is tied to the lifeblood of publishing houses and printing companies. The fourth quarter of 2012 has arrived, what is the price and technical trend of ink?

Ink as a huge cost item in printing, its price is tied to the lifeblood of publishing houses and printing companies. The fourth quarter of 2012 has arrived, what is the price and technical trend of ink? This reporter interviewed Zhou Mei, technical consultant and positive engineer of Tianjin Toyo Ink Co., Ltd. She believes that at this critical time, the production companies are generally sensitive to the price of consumables. In order to ensure the stable sales of the market during this period, the prices of inks in the fourth quarter will remain basically stable and there will be no significant fluctuations. It will still stabilize.

When talking about the reasons for price stability, Zhou Mei believes that the reason why manufacturers do not rush to raise prices is because competition is fierce. Price increases mean that market opportunities are transferred to other manufacturers, and there is a risk of losing customers. This has led to the price going down but not as much as paper.

Corresponding to this is the more complete competition in the market. Zhou Mei said that competition among ink manufacturers will be more intense in the fourth quarter, and green environmental protection requirements are also one of the important triggers for fierce competition. In order to meet the needs of environmentally friendly printing, the original traditional inks have become environmentally friendly. Soy inks, VOC-free inks, and heavy metal-free inks have appeared on the market. There are many types of green inks, and the difficulty in technology development is increasing. Take Tianjin Toyo Ink as an example, with 27 series of environmentally friendly inks, in the future, we will gradually convert all products to environmentally friendly from the aspects of connecting materials. Green environmental protection requires that the technology of ink production enterprises be upgraded and the cost increased, but the price is difficult to rise. What's more, if the company uses a large amount of money, the manufacturer will give a certain discount, and the price will be reduced.

In addition, in terms of product applications, the trend in the entire market is that more and more printing companies are beginning to use green inks. Zhou Mei recalled that most of the companies that used green inks last year were only book printing companies, and this year has undergone tremendous changes. With the increasing awareness of food packaging safety, many packaging manufacturers began to use environmentally friendly inks. Zhou Mei revealed that the recent ink industry standard committee is discussing the criteria for adding an ink that can be in contact with food or indirectly. A typical example is a paper cup. Although the outside is not in direct contact with water, it is usually transported in a nested manner, and the inner layer is exposed to ink, which also requires environmental protection.

Not only that, the future of environmentally friendly inks will be more abundant, and the standards will continue to improve. For example, Zhou Mei, such as gravure printing and other printing methods have begun to use environmentally friendly inks, and the regulations are becoming more and more strict, and the standards are constantly adjusted. I remember the green standard for sheetfed, gravure and flexo inks formulated in 2007. This year, the entire ink industry is revising this green standard. The proposed indicators are more stringent and the test methods are more and more standardized. She said that UV inks will also be listed. Into it. Zhou Mei introduced that Tianjin Toyo Ink has always been a standard participating unit, and this revised standard is still the participating unit. She has witnessed the green standards of inks from scratch, from small to large, from single to refined.

Zhou Mei said that once this standard is applied, it will lead to industry reshuffle and keep up with the development of standard ink manufacturers. On the contrary, it will only be abandoned by customers and eliminated in the market. Not only technology, but also the quality control, raw material inspection, and process control of the company must keep up. Therefore, the ink production unit can only adapt to this rising market demand only if it is continuously improved and improved, and the materials used are more environmentally friendly. "The demand is getting higher and higher, but the price can't rise. The profit is getting smaller and smaller, and the market is not good." Zhou Mei smiled and said. This kind of emotion is not only the voice of upstream equipment manufacturers, but also the voice of the printing company.

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